The present invention is an improved booster for continuous rod warheads. Boosters in use up to the time of development of the present invention were so designed that the detonation wave produced thereby progressed radially at the detonator end of the warhead and then had to turn and move longitudinally thereof. This resulted in a non-uniform application of the detonation wave to the confronting rod elements and consequent uneven expansion and subsequent break-up of the rod projectile. The booster of the present invention, being of either hemispherical or conical shape (both embodiments being shown), "sees" the entire lengths of the rods and thus assures substantially uniform application of the forces of detonation thereto.
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